--- title: Why did half the class get sick after a boy skipped washing his hands? — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics description: Why did half the class get sick after a boy skipped washing his hands? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Teeth, nails, baths and toilets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets Why did half the class get sick after a boy skipped washing his hands? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** get, skip, wash · **To what, where:** hands This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t15:1 # text = Why did half the class get sick after a boy skipped washing his hands? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 skipped skip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 washing wash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | | | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **skip** | past | a boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wash** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | boy's hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was just the cold, rainy weather that week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t15:o1:1 # text = It was just the cold, rainy weather that week 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the cold rainy weather | | | week | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Germs from his hands spread on shared things ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t15:o2:1 # text = Germs from his hands spread on shared things 1 Germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | Germs from his hands | | | shared things | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on thing=Location | | 2 | **share** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Soap spreads germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t15:o3:1 # text = Soap spreads germs 1 Soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spreads spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | Soap | germs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Classes always get sick all at once in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t15:o4:1 # text = Classes always get sick all at once in winter 1 Classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Classes | | | | winter | always, once, sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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